Irish Gardai form a police line during a protest in Dublin, against the visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, on the first day of her four-day visit to Ireland, on May 17, 2011.
Photo by: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Irish Gardai form a police line during a protest in Dublin, against the visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, on the first day of her four-day visit to Ireland, on May 17, 2011.
Photo by: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

Irish American homicide detective, Edward Foy, has witnessed Irish police being intimidated on the street by intoxicated offenders. He believes the time has come for Irish police to carry guns...READ MORE